Post a selfie with your Step Up action to win one of ten fabulously stylish, compact kitchen compost bins.

You're probably aware of the horrifying stats: in Australia, over five million tonnes of food ends up as landfill, enough to fill 9,000 Olympic sized swimming pools every single year. And of course, when food scraps are sent to landfill, they release methane - in fact, if food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of global greenhouse gases, after USA and China.

But when it comes to reducing the amount of food waste we throw out as rubbish each week (which can be as much as a third to half of our household bins), many of us don’t know where to begin and wrongly assume that the solution is onerous, smelly and dirty - and that a big garden or outside space is an imperative.

The good news is that it is easy to start - achievable for apartment dwellers - and we've got ten of these sweet little babies to give away, so you can get started on your mission to reduce food waste!

Simply follow TWO easy steps, for the chance to win*:


1. Make sure you’re following both @CleanUpAustralia and the @Urban_Composter on Instagram

2. Post a selfie with your Step Up action (a pledge to reduce waste in the environment) and tag #stepuptocleanup and tell us about your pledge in the caption.

Urban Composter is a kitchen bench-top composting system that turns your unwanted peels, off-cuts and leftovers into nutrient-rich fertiliser for your garden. The Urban Composter doesn’t just hold your kitchen scraps en-route to the compost heap, but starts fermenting them right in your kitchen without any bad smells! Best of all, the Urban Composter is manufactured in Australia from recycled plastic.

We're calling on all Australians to Step Up and make a pledge towards reducing their waste contribution. Could you Step Up by saying no to straws? To bringing your own waterbottle? To composting? To buying recycled, to choosing not to buy fast fashion or refusing to purchase fruit and vegetables pre-wrapped in plastic?  

There are so many ways to Step Up! And thousands of small steps together, make a big difference! Together we can all be part of the solution. 

*Terms & conditions apply. Competition ends 17:00 AEDT on November 16 2020.

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